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package de.learnlib.acex;

public interface AcexAnalyzer {

    /**
     * Analyzes an abstract counterexample. This method returns the index of the corresponding distinguishing suffix.
     *
     * @param acex
     *         the abstract counterexample
     *
     * @return the suffix index
     */
    default int analyzeAbstractCounterexample(AbstractCounterexample<?> acex) {
        return analyzeAbstractCounterexample(acex, 0, acex.getLength() - 1);
    }

    int analyzeAbstractCounterexample(AbstractCounterexample<?> acex, int low, int high);

    default int analyzeAbstractCounterexample(AbstractCounterexample<?> acex, int low) {
        return analyzeAbstractCounterexample(acex, low, acex.getLength() - 1);
    }

}
